Am I the only one re-reading book 1-6 before summer?

I was plannning on reading from the fouth but i realized i dont have much time so i think i'm going to read from ootp.

I just finished Order of the Phoenix (for like the fiftieth time) last night and am now on Half-Blood Prince. I knew I would finish the series before DH came out. One book left :D

I know I should before book 7 comes out. But I can't...because the first book I can't find (lost) and I'm one of those wierd people who have to do everything in order. xD

I am as well. On OOTP now, Harry's first detention. What an evil witch Umbridge is! I can't wait to see Imelda Staunton, I bet she'll be great. In less than a month...movie and then book. Can't wait!!!

I think I've started a bit late, just now I'm almost done with CoS but having said that between now and DH I've got a long road journey and a beach holiday so I may make it :)

I started my re-read today. :D

I just finished CoS last night. I need to get a move on with the rest if I want to finish in time. Last time I didn't make it through OotP before HBP was released. But I have read them so many times, it turned out that it didn't really matter.

Funny you should ask this, I just finished HBP yesterday. I thought I'd try to time it so that I'd finish just before getting DH, but I forgot how much of a page-turner the Harry Potter books are...bah.

Maybe I'll read just HBP again on the last week before DH comes out..but it might be boring.

I'm reading one a week until DH comes out - I started last week with PS, and started CoS today. It works out so that I'll read the 5th book in the week coming up to the release of the 5th film and then the 6th book in the week coming up to the release of DH. Perfect!

I'm like JJ, I'm reading a book a week before DH is released. I just started reading CoS today and I'm up to chapter ten. Usually my mum tells me to go out and get some fresh air (so I go out and read in the garden) but she hasn't today. Yipee!

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Sorry. Yes I'm re-reading the books:eeep:

I started my re-read 2 weeks ago with SS. I finished CoS last week, and I'm starting PoA this week, followed by GoF, etc.

I'm trying to read one book every Tuesday leading up to the 21st.

I feel like I must read way too fast. I started last week, and I'm already in the middle of OotP... I think I'm going to wait until the week leading up to DH to finish off with HBP.

I'm rereading this series too.. but I'm really slow this time, been almost a month and I only finished up to GOF...

hope I can make it be DH is released...

i'm going to start SS this week because it's the last week of school and i don't have much to do... i'm going to try to finish order of phoenix before the movie and then i'll read half-blood prince the week (well more like 10 days) between the order of phoenix and seventh book release

i've forgotten so many things from the books, especially the earlier books, so i really need this re-reading or i might get a little confused when reading book 7

I never really stop reading them...I pick and choose certain chapters sometimes. I do plan on reading OOtP and HBP before book 7 though.

Just finished CoS, two down four to go!

Okay well I wasn't going to re read the series. But I've changed my mind and I am now re reading OotP and next it will be HBP.

yeah, i've been reading them all spring and summer, i'm on half-blood prince right now! :D

I will probably read HBP right before DH comes out so I am up to speed and then read the entire series again after I read Deathly Hallows. I am trying to only read the series once a year (which usually happens to be in the summer) so that it stays fresh each time.:p

Currently I'm reading POA in French (don't ask!) but I've just re-read OOTP and HBP because I read them far too fast the first time and I wanted to really soak it all up and refresh my memory of things I need to know for DH.

I'm absolutely itching for DH now though so I wish I'd waited a bit longer and re-read OOTP and HBP closer to DH's publication!

Right now I'm in the process of reading Order of the Phoenix. It is quite slow-going as I keep getting distracted by other activities, i.e. tennis and other sports. I think I'm at the part where they are about to get off the train and Harry will see the thestrals for the first time.

yeah i'm reading htem. i am reading ootp at the mo, for the film and also the run up for the dh book.
i am completely desperate to have the last book now.. i wanna know what happens!!! *sobs*

I'm up to Goblet of Fire this time. I was moving at a steady pace until I got to the fourth book. I don't know why but this book is proving troublesome this time around.

When I came to the forums and started reading all the discussions on Horcruxes etc. I realized how much I need to read the sixth book again but I'm forcing myself to stay in order.

Immersing myself in the books again just makes me that much more impatient for DH.

Of course I am, it's a religious experience for me so I always do it so I finish the last book the day before the next release. Then afterwards I'll probably read through them again. Since this is the last one, I might read HBP twice before, since I still feel like I've missed a bunch of information. I've only read it twice thus far.

Yep, I am, A few weeks ago I read Ootp and then HBP. After that I went right back to PS/SS and now I'm working my way back up through again, I'm just finishing GoF at the moment, so I'll probably finish a little too soon really, I might read HBP twice, I'd like to finish the day before if I can manage it, so it's really fresh in my mind.

Of course I am, it's a religious experience for me so I always do it so I finish the last book the day before the next release. Then afterwards I'll probably read through them again. Since this is the last one, I might read HBP twice before, since I still feel like I've missed a bunch of information. I've only read it twice thus far.

:lol: a religious experinece ahah. but persoanlly since i've read the first 3 like 5/6 times i'm gonna start reading those on sparknotes and then read the other 3 and their entirety so i don't miss anything, possibly reading them twice if it's nessesary

Yes, I'm re-reading all the books again to have the information fresh in my mind. Then I might just read from the 4th book and up again so when I finish the 6th I will be picking up the 7th. A religious experience huh?!? Lol thats hilarious. Same here though!!

I'm trying to re-read them all before OotP and DH comes out.

Hmm I had to go and buy a new PoA today becuase I couldn't find my old one, talk about an uncaring fan :(

In the last two months I have read the whole series again, then Prisoner, GOF and I'm about to finish Order tonight. I think I'm going to read a different book and then read HBP otherwise I'm going to be sitting twiddling my thumbs before DH comes out, and I want Harry Potter to be fresh in my mind when it does.

I always read the whole series before a new book comes out. I started last week.. i'm on the 2nd one right now. i'm going to have a lot of trouble because reading 6 large books in about a month isn't easy :/

lol I am on number 6 right now. I read them all the time, becuase I do about 4-5 hours of reading a day, and the only books I own are harry potter ones. So I will read 1-6, then start again.

Have just finished OoTP...again, which leaves me about a month to amble through HBP with a toothcomb :)

I think I'd re-read the whole series if there is time....but otherwise,Book 5 and 6 for sure....

I started rereading them last week. I just finished GOF, I'll read OOTP and HBP at the speed of the harry potter readathon until the forums get closed, then I'll just finish them. I think I'll reread all of them again after i finish DH, though I might be short on time then (I'm starting grad school!)...

I am currently on GoF and am hoping to get through the last 2 before DH. i wanna be as up to speed as possible when I open DH.

I'm rereading them to see if there are any hints about things that still need to happen in the seventh.
I've actually found a few things.
1)What exactly was it that the centaurs read in the stars in PS and has it been fulfilled?
2)How were Charlie's friends able to take Norbert away if they flew to the astronomy tower on brooms? I thought there were defenses around the castle.

Having just finished rereading most of Jane Austen I am about to begin my traditional re-read of the Harry Potter series before the next book and movie come out.

So, I read the first three books in the series years ago, and started the Goblet of Fire before, for God knows what reason, I stopped a couple of hundred pages in.

All of the murmuring and excitement over the release of Deathly Hallows inspired me to start all over. I'm currently halfway through Order of the Phoenix, and reading all of these books now has made me feel as if I missed out on the excitement and thrill of the books when they first came out.

I wish I had read them from the beginning, instead of all at once like this. It just doesn't feel right.

yeah I started re reading them around a month ago...i'm almost done with 6 now

I reread the books every year, and that normally happens in the summer because I have the most time on my hands. Although this summer I don't have quite as much time on my hands, but I remembered the other day that I was due to start reading them again, so I'll be starting that by the end of the week when my schedule calms down slightly.

I thought about it at first.. but I don't think I will. :relax:

I am currently rereading them. I reread the series at least once every year.

It has been a while since reading books 1-6, so I decided to reread them. I am on book 5. I remember some things but others I have finally noticed due to reading theories and things on this forum. And once book 7 comes out, I will reread the series again in its entirety. I want to read them slowly so I can grasp everything and not ruin the books (I have a three year old who may be interested in reading them in the near future). Did anyone else noticed new things the second or third or fourth time around in rereading the series?

I've just finnished reading the series again and i am so tempted to start HBP agian just so its fresh in my head right up to the release.

I've re-read the series so many times, I've lost count. I've kind of adopted 1-4 from my sister. They're her books, but I'm the one that reads them. :) They're paper back and they are falling apart. I'm thinking of getting my own set and use the paper back to read just so I have a nice set in years to come. 5 and 6 are mine and I always take off the jackets and use one of those fabric jackets to protect them. I really have to hurry on the reading though. 3 more weeks and I'm on cos!

I'm on OotP, so i should have enough time to finish the seires. I'm so excited!!!!

I have read it and re read it again and again since the different books came out. When I don't read the series, I listen to it on audio book. It's impossible to get tired of the Harry Potter series. I want to be updated and know as much as possible before I read the GRAND FINALE:D

I've basically memorized the books but I read them all over again so that im updated on facts just before the last one comes out. I'm sooo excited, I've been counting down to the last book for almost a year.

im doing it as well. :D
right now im reading hbp.

I did it with Half-Blood Prince, but then I spoiled myself when I figured out that Snape was the Half-Blood Prince because Jo used the word "cramped" to describe Snape's handwriting in Order of the Phoenix and then again for the Half-Blood Prince in HBP. I was so bummed. So, I don't want anything spoiled for Deathly Hallows so I am not rereading the books beforehand.

i reread them until yesterday. Was a bit too fast, it took me only a month. But now I still have mugglenet.coms what will happen in harry potter 7, which I read for the first time.
I read Harry Potter so often that even the hardcovers start to fall apart...
but I'm surprised each time how much I tend to forget...

Um no i will reread them twice as a matter of fact just to have everything fresh when i read seven,

I think re-reading is fantastic...except for the now thousand more new questions and early realizations (how did I miss that...) that occur because it's fresh in your mind. I started taking notes (not in the book -- yeah right) down just to keep up with my brain on overload going nuts when reading them again. Seriously though I have so many random thoughts I need to make a post per thought just so it can all make a little more sense again.

I so agree with Cwluc i read before i go to bed and when i want to sleep just like it happens to harry i cant empty my mind with so many questions and theroies swirling around my mind.

I have been re-reading the series. I'm on Order of the Phoenix right now, and I'm going to time it so I'm finished that on July 6th. Then I'm going to watch all the movies in preperation for the Order of the Phoenix movie. Once I've seen that, which will probably be on the 12th or so, I'll get onto Half Blood Prince, and time it so I'm finished that on July 20th. I did the same thing when Half Blood Prince came out. I finished reading Order of the Phoenix and drove to the book store the next morning for HBP.

Hey im doing the same with the movies but those i will probably do all in one day before the movie.the books will tkae longer cause im really looking for clues and stuff.

I'm reading them in Spanish, but yes, I am rereading 2, 3, and 4. I couldn't find any of the others at the library, I don't think I'd have time to read them all anyway. I still have to get through my required books for English class, heh.

Yup, re-reading for the umpteenth time. Every year, and when a book is coming out, a couple of times.

I've been listening to the Wizarding Wireless podcast (http://www.wizardingpod.com/) because it is one of the only podcasts that go through each book chapter by chapter. I'm hoping they catch something that I haven't - but also I just want someone to talk about the books while I listen. It isn't my favorite of all the HP podcasts, but I really like what they're trying to do, and I find it very comforting.

I have re-read all the books in the last year, and am sort of too excited to go and read them all again right now. I think I'll just zip through HBP a day or 2 before book 7 is released.

Off topic: By the way, I really love this thread... Thanks for Everything Jo (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=100973)
as a place to thank Ms. Rowling herself for this great series. I would love it if that thread became very popular so that maybe she'll find it if she ever wanders over here. :)

I have stopped in my re-read because I've done all of them recently and then started at Prisoner again...only to still have more than a month to read HBP. So I'm reading some other books, but it's very hard to adjust to another author's writing styles when I've become so used to JK!

I'll finish this book in a couple of days, and then I'll read HBP again.

I have already read all of them at least ten times each, so I don't think that I need to read them again. :)

I've reread the series so many times so I didn't bother doing them all again. I have just finished rereading HBP though as I'm not as familiar with it as I am with the others.

No, im re-reading the first three

I finished reading the series last week, I had started back in February but I don't get a lot of reading time, plus had other book to fit in-between.

im rereading them now im at the part where the trio is talking to Moody about Crouch and if he found him and everything in the fourth book that is sorry i forgot to mention it earlier XD

I'm re-reading them....

I have a thing where I like to read Harry Potter every summer. On release years, I like to read the series and try to time it that I finish the last book as close to the release date as possible. Though, I think I started to soon this year as I am already on OotP and will find it hard not to rush through it. But, even though I've read the series more times than I can remember, it really is nice having everything fresh in my head before the new book is released. And, just think about it, this is our first chance to read the entire series back to back to back!

i have all of the books on tape, cept the 3rd, i got to get that one, and yes i listen to them all the time

I'm going to re-read Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince before Deathly Hallows is released. Mabye I'll catch a few things that I missed the last time reading them.

Ive been re-reading them in a random order. i dont know why really just spices things up ;)
ive read hpb then ootp then poa and then cos. I am going to read hpb again i think since thats the one ive read the least...im so excited for DH!!!

well im finishing cahmber and will continue with POA and is sad...i am getting nostalgic....

i'm on prisoner of azkaban right now... hopefully i'll finish by the end of the week

i'm going to try to finish order of phoenix before i see the movie so probably by the end of july 10th and i want to finish half-blood prince by july 20th! i love re-reading the book because i notice new things all the time and it gives me something to do while i wait for the seventh book. i can't believe this journey is slowing down so soon :(

MOving on to prisoner ,havent read the first one for a while,wow the cabinet was mentioned since chamber wonder what else has been mention before and has relevance ,i mean who cared about hte cabinet peeves threw to distract filch...its amazing im loving the series even more each day ...

I'm about a third through OotP, so I shouldn't have any problems finishing the first six by the 21st.

No, I'm doing that too. I'm trying to pace it out so that I'll finish Half-Blood Prince just before Deathly Hallows comes out, and it'll be fresh in my mind. :)

I've actually been constantly rereading them..since like last summer. Ha:) I just always have to be reading one! But I'm a slow reader..so it takes me a while to finish a book.

But lately I've been concentrating on OotP and HBP. I just finished reading the 5th one a couple days ago and I'm starting on the 6th. I'm taking my time on HBP though, really paying attention when I'm reading it, just in case I missed anything. Because isn't HBP and DH kind of a 2-part thing?

21 days to go and on chapter 15, HBP. (for about the 20th time)

I'm rereading now and highly enjoy that it is great as ever, and I actually do not theorize so much - just reading. I love JK's writing for being able to set me in her world completely.


Because isn't HBP and DH kind of a 2-part thing?I heard something like this as well. It was said both books are stronger connected than the former ones of the series, but I couldn't find the quote yet. :)

Absolutely I'm reading them again! I'm currently on GoF. I meant to do the same thing when HBP came out, but I didn't, and I regretted it. This is the last time :( so I'm making sure I finish all of them before book 7 comes out, even if it's the day before!

A good while ago I figured I had 12 chapters to read each week. I got on grand at that. Then I sped up and I'm really disappointed in myself because I am halfway through Half-Blood Prince. One of the reasons I loved book six was I finished rereading Order of the Phoenix 10 minutes before I began reading book six.

~TheInvisibleFIEND~

I started rereading the series last Easter, I'm half way through HBP now, I should be finished before DH is released.

I am now at the end of book 5. I plan on finishing it today or tomorrow, then start reading the 6th book.

I had it set so that I would read 2 chapters a day for the first 5 books and 3 chapters a day for the 6th one (my favorite :D), but I got sick of reading such a small amount a day, so now I'm reading 3 or 4 a day and will be done about a week before DH.
This is the third time I've read the series in order. I've noticed a lot of little things that I hadn't noticed before that foreshadow things in the books that are already out.

I'm not sure... I have gone back through Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. Maybe I'll go read the rest. Probably, since I need to always have a book to read in my spare time. I much prefer these two books to the previous ones, so I read them first.

I already did. Im a very quick reader so its not a big deal. I may do it one more time but rather I think I will do some "close reading" of some important passages.

lol I read books 5&6 twice last week, then I started the series from book one yesterday, I'm halfway through book 4 now. LOL, I read realllyyyy fast. :P

I just finish PoA and I just read the last chapters of Goblet... (ok maybe I cheat a little bit) but I don´t read that fast, I read half of the first book, and know I just started Order of the Phoenix, I just realise I have much to read yet I want to finish number 6 entire before the 21... :agree:I think I will do it:p Cant´t wait!!!!!

i've read all the books like twenty times each, but i feel DH deserves a sort of special honour and i'm finishing the series before it's release..!! i started day before yesterday..!! i'm already through PS; i'm in the Deathday Party in CoS..!!

I'm about to, after I come home from vacation.

Here's my plan:

July 9th: read cos
July 10th: read poa
July 11th: read goblet
July 13th: read ootp
July 16th: read hbp

Even though I think I know everything I need to know for DH, I'm re-reading all six before DH anyway.

ONLY 18 DAYS AWAY.....wow, I jump a little in my chair every time I look at the Mugglenet countdown...

Im rereading them all so that i SHOULD understand any references in DH

Jo

July 4th: finish GOF
July 5th through July 15th: read OOTP (11 days)
July 16 through July 21st: read HBP (6 days)

Race to the finish!

Do you guys think it is really necessary to re-read all the books?

I've read the first countless times, but from there I've mostly read each book 1-2 times. I know I've only read 4, 5, and 6 once each.

I was thinking of just watching the movies for 1-4 and then reading 5+6. What do you guys think?

i usually read the series before a new book comes out so that i can remeber everythign that has happened up until the last book that was published.
its easier for me so that i do not forget potentially important information
and i dont think watching the movies would cut it for me because the movies cut out and change around some parts and they just arn't as great as the books in my opinion

I was thinking of just watching the movies for 1-4 and then reading 5+6. What do you guys think?I'm thinking that's a great way to get messed up regarding canon, since the movies have changed many things! :lol:

I'm thinking that's a great way to get messed up regarding canon, since the movies have changed many things! :lol:

Alright, you guys convinced me :P.

Do you think I could get through the books with about three hours of reading time per night?

Depends on how fast you read (how many pages per hour). :evil:

if you read as fast as me you can,
i finshed the third book in about 4 hours

I re-read them about three weeks ago. Since I finished so fast, I decided to re-read them again! I'm halfway through OoTP. I'm taking it slow now. lol

hah nice:)

I just wrapped up my reading session of the books. Finished up HBP last night and now I'm re-reading Prisoner Of Azkaban. I'm in a mood for reading Harry Potter and since I've kind of going slow with the books I decided I'd go ahead and re-read PoA quickly before the final book comes out.

Do you guys think it is really necessary to re-read all the books?

I've read the first countless times, but from there I've mostly read each book 1-2 times. I know I've only read 4, 5, and 6 once each.

I was thinking of just watching the movies for 1-4 and then reading 5+6. What do you guys think?If you have a chance maybe try to read all the books or if you can't just maybe 4,5,6 or whatever you think you will have time for. Rowling said herself that the films are a different entity. All the canon... all the beautiful... canon... shredded to pieces...
And you'd have the image of the actors rather than your own imagination.

I am just finishing up with OotP and will begin Half Blood Prince sometime next week, I want to finish it before the last one comes out, but I am so busy right now.

i started my rereads too early, so am rereading again! haha am on PoA now, so i will have to pace myself accordingly! hope it works out!

Yes, I am, very slowly at that.

I can't remember when I started re-reading them but so far I've not even a quarter of the way through book 5 as I have been reading other books at the same time.

I'm going to back reading the last two Harry Potter books so i'll be finished with them before the next one comes out in a few weeks. :relax:

I read 1, 2 and 3 a while back, read another book, missed out 4 because I couldn't be bothered, now I'm trying to finish 5 before the movie then 6 before the book. Argh.

The other night, wracked with insomnia, I picked up SS and was ready to hit the hay after 20 pages. Happened again last night.

At this rate I might finish it before DH comes out :D

I'm going backwards! lol.
I picked up HBP about two weeks ago. I had gotten my wisdom teeth out and needed something to do while lieing in bed all day. :)
Since then my boyfriend and I have begun a race to see who finishes the series first. This, of course, also includes how long it takes us to read book 7..

I am on Prisoner and it is ending, so if I go slow I will finish the HBP right before DH comes out! I am am having a Harry Potter pre-DH release mania... I listen to the Harry Potter OSTs (or anything that reminds me of anything Harry Potter), have put up a Harry Potter wallpaper, etc. This is looking to be a great month!
I might also watch all the movies before the 7th book and/or 5th movie although IMO the movies are NOT canon and nothing compared to the books; but I'll leave that for another thread...

right now i'm almost done with the 3rd book for the 2nd time. I want to get at least finish with the 5th one b/f i go to the midnight showing of OOTP. Then I'll start on HBP the next day. I'll probably finish in time to reread SS, CoS, POA, and half of GOF b/f the 21st.

I read most of the books while I was vacationing in Virginia (beautiful scenery they have there! :)), and I started on HBP two nights ago; unfortunately, I haven't got around to continuing reading lately, so... :(

Finished rereading a few days ago. Might read some book 7 fanfics between now and the 21st.

Before summer? Nope. I could probably get 'em done in a month, but I plan on taking Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell to school with me.

If I read HP just at home, in between everything else, I can probably get all of it done about July 21st.

you'll like jonathan strange. like i said in another thread, if u can get through the first 100 not-that-entertaining-but-really-well-written pages, you will enter a world that you will never ever want to leave.

uh yes i've read the series like at least 3 times in the lead up to Deathly Hallows.

I just finished re-reading HBP a few days ago

This past year I have read them each twice and practically had them memerized before then.

well im finally getting to the half of goblet,stil have two weeks so im reading at an acceptable pace ,and if not i reread phoenix and halfblood before starting in order so when im through with goblet i will have practically finished but if i have the time i want too have them all really fresh in my memory.

I was really planning on rereading the whole series before the new book came out, but then I forgot all about it and next thing I know the book is coming out in two weeks! It took me a week to read 1-5 last year before 6 came out, but with my vacation I only have six days to read them all, hmmm should have started reading earlier... :grumble:

I've almost finished my re-reading of them all =] Maybe I'll re-read them all again after just for good measure...lol And anyway, what with the release of book 7 being so close now, I don't think I could manage to read a non-HP book at the moment, my mind would just keep wandering to Harry...so I guess I'll be re-reading again before Deathly Hallows comes out.

I started re-reading them on July 3rd. I've just started GoF so am making decent progress, but not as much as I would like...darn job and kids :lol:

I started months ago, I've already re-read them. Again.
I think I have way too much free time!

Just finished HBP's final half, as I had already read the first half randomly millions of times.

And I finished OOTP and GOF together in four or five days with constant readings of five hour days.

Nope, Im on OotP right now, but I should be done with HBP by about the 20th or so...

I keep trying to re-read them. But I can't seem to make it past the first book. Which is pathetic, considering I normally finish the big ones in less than two days each.

But, once I got the end of Chapter One in SS, where JKR mentions that wizards all over the world were raising their glasses and toasting, "To Harry Potter - the boy who lived," I freaked out. Because all I could think was what if The Boy Who Lived doesnt! It's making me edgy.

My sister, on the other hand, is re-reading them starting backwards (Book 6 to Book 5, etc). She says she's noticed more than she originally did. Haha.

I'm attempting to speed-read HBP now, so I can cram in all the movies before going to see OotP on Tuesday. It's not easy, let me tell you. :)

I'm attempting to speed-read HBP now, so I can cram in all the movies before going to see OotP on Tuesday. It's not easy, let me tell you. :)

HBP is one of the easiest to read imo. I remember it being like 2:45 AM(I don't read past 4) and I was on page 500 and I didn't think I had enough time to finish it that night, then I checked how many pages it was and realized it was only 653 and plowed through it in an hour.

I was trying to spread out the books so that I would finish HBP a day before the release of DH. But, of course, I couldn't pace myself and am already starting HBP. I'm a slow reader but even if I try to go slow, I'll be done with HBP in just a few days. Oh well. I guess I can read some of those fan written books to help me get through these final days.

HBP is one of the easiest to read imo. I remember it being like 2:45 AM(I don't read past 4) and I was on page 500 and I didn't think I had enough time to finish it that night, then I checked how many pages it was and realized it was only 653 and plowed through it in an hour.

Thanks for the advice, but, really, only 4:00? Gosh, there are times when I read 'til the Sun comes up! :)

Lol, you are definatly not the only one.

I'm re-listening to it...but then I'm always listening to it. I'm on book four

I just finished watching the movies again

My neice just finished reading them for the first time.....her parents told her that they wouldn't buy her her own copy of the seventh book unless she read the first six...so she did. She's sooo excited it's cute

My nephew also just finished reading them, but this time for the second time...he also just finished re-watching the movies...he keeps spouting off lines from them and nobody catches on but me.

What a nerdy fam :-)

Oh, you listen to them? Who's the narrator, Stephen Fry or Jim Dale?

I finished OoTP today. Won't start HBP until Thursday, as I am working tomorrow and will see the movie Wednesday.

I started just before my exams, and i now only have 9 chapters of HBP to do, the other five being finished. Thats a chapter a day, ending with the White Tomb a few hours before DH's release. :drool:

I'm almost up to task number two in Goblet of Fire.

With the forums closing this week and then time off of work next week I think I should finish GoF and read OotP and HBP with plenty of time.

w00t, I finally started my reread! I actually opened with HBP, then went to PS... topsy turvy, I know. I got through CoS last night, though, and now I'm about eight chapters into PoA. Can you believe I forgot how good these books are? Yeah really, they're rather entertaining, you know...

Still, wish me luck, I've got the two longest books to go! ^_^ I don't think I'll get OotP finished before I see the movie unless I read until dawn... here's hoping my mental image is strong enough to survive it as it is.

I re-read most of GOF, OOTP and HBP. But I only read my favorite bits.

I'll probably have a little scan of the COS if I get the time.

I've read the first three and I'm half way through GoF, I'm planning to read more after I post a little bit.

This is also my first post so ..... :wave:HI EVERYBODY!

Hi Atomos!!:welcome: I've finished re reading them already it took me around 2 and a half weeks it would have been less if it hadnt been for work:grumble: i re read them way to often as it is though i think thats my second time this year.I can never just read one it has to be all of them!!

I'm planning on starting on Monday so I should be ready by Saturday. I wanted them to be as fresh as possible in my mind.

I'm starting 'Dumbledore's Army' in OotP. I think i'm donig pretty good. I can finish the series before DH.

I've just read 1-4 starting last Thursday, going to start Order of The Phoenix tonite, hopefully I will be done by the weekend, so I can catch the movie, and then read half blood prince before the 21st. And I am halfway through the PoA movie.....

(wanted to at least re-read everything before I re-watch it)

I've re-read them last week. But I wish I hadn't! Its not going to be fresh in my mind for the 21st! I suppose I could read them again but I don't have the time. Ah well. It's left to the book to explain everything to me now. Have I mentioned I can't wait? ;)

I'm half way through COS, but I've been reading slowly to remember some stuff..I just hope I can get through the rest of the books before DH.

I've started re-reading the whole series but I'm very worried that I won't finish before Deathly Hallows comes out, especially since I'm working 8 hours a day and going camping next week.

But I am definitely going to re-read Order of the Phoenix before July 21, because it is my favorite book. I will skip all the other books if it is necessary in order to finish Book 5 on time.

I plan to re-read the series after taking a couple of weeks off of Harry Potter. Unfortunately, when I read the book for nearly an entire day and finished it, the next day if felt I had nothing to do. In fact, the only thing I felt like doing was reading another Potter novel. However, I do plan to re-read the series in order since I hadn't become a Potter fan until the sixth book, and decided I fancied the novels (the order I read them in was 6,5,1,2,3,4,7).

I finished the series the day before DH came out, in the end I was really glad I read strait through becuase it think it actually increased by enjoyment of DH :)

I didn't quite finished I skimmed most of the last chapters of HBP and mostly just skipped the last chapter to leave to go to the midnight release, but I started it over again this week. Gonna take it slow this time though.

This was started a while ago, but I will reply anyway...

I started reading Sorcerer's Stone about two weeks after school ended (which was sometime in may, I believe.) I finished Half-Blood Prince two days before Deathly Hallows.

I am too. And I had just reread the first 6 before the 7th came out, so now I'm reading all 7.

I started to a week before DH came out. Problem came when I couldn't find my PoA (then I remember it was all the way in Illinois), and went looking for someone that had it. By Thursday night I tried starting at GoF but then I gave up and decided to skim over HBP on Friday. Didn't do that either ^^;

I figure when my winter break comes at the end of November I'll sit down and read them all in order (between now and then I shall buy another PoA so I wont get caught up!)

I re-read them all before deathly hallows came out, but I think im gona re-read them all again then re-read deathly hallows

I was going to re-read the series, but I ended up just reading random excerpts from the books whenever I needed to reference them, or just needing something to read when I was in the bathroom ;). I love the series, and now that I have all 7 books, I am going to re-read them this year to see if I missed hints of anything. I have the blue Galadriel Waters book of books 1-5 that helped, but I need to re-read the books, because I swear I have forgotten some things.

I re-read them before HD came out, but not back to back, so I have now started PS again, and am now going to read the whole sereis without stopping

i wanted to reread all of them before DH but i only got to the third one..the first was very hard to get through cuz i practically memorized it. But the second and third i read in like 2 days but then DH came out and i was telling myself that i would wait till i was done rereading but i couldnt hold it. so i read it anyways haha

I had reread the series over the past 8-9 months, but now that I have read DH, I feel like reading them again, looking for the subtle hints of the various things revealed.

I'm re-reading Deathly Hallows - I have nothing to do and was so bored before it came out lol. So, I'm re-reading it! lol

re-read OotP and HBP the week before DH was released. Finished HBP Thursday night before the release so things was very fresh in my head to DH. Think I benefited a lot form it and caught myself thinking back many times during my DH read.

Gonna re-read DH now, before I start on number 1 again. can't wait

I reread them right before I started number 7. Now I am rereading 7 and then I will read the whole series

I'm in the process of re-reading the series and I am surprised that there was so much stuff that happened in earlier books which I thought little of when I first read it, but end up being huge later on. Like in the first book when Harry thinks that Snape can read minds.

i reread the books the sunday prior to hallows release and finished friday afternoon and went to the midnight party and got #7 ^.^